Thursday, June 26, 2003
VICTORY!
Very interesting that, as The Tin Man points out, the Supreme Court overturned Texas' sodomy law "on privacy, not equal protection" - which should mean, in essence, that all sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
Because of the myriad ways sodomy laws have been used as a billyclub against gay rights (such as in custody cases, et.al.), this could be the most significant gay rights victory from the Court ever.
More thoughts as I crystallize them (particularly after reading the opinion[s] in full). The vote was 6-3.
Addendum: here is the text of the ruling, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy.
Very interesting that, as The Tin Man points out, the Supreme Court overturned Texas' sodomy law "on privacy, not equal protection" - which should mean, in essence, that all sodomy laws are unconstitutional.
Because of the myriad ways sodomy laws have been used as a billyclub against gay rights (such as in custody cases, et.al.), this could be the most significant gay rights victory from the Court ever.
More thoughts as I crystallize them (particularly after reading the opinion[s] in full). The vote was 6-3.
Addendum: here is the text of the ruling, written by Justice Anthony Kennedy.
# posted by Thomas : 7:47 AM
